| Heading: |
Maternity Services: South Somerset |
| Question ID: |
1803055 |
| UIN: |
52445 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-14 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5191 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Adam Dance
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Adam Dance
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the planned closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit on (a) public health and (b) patient safety in South Somerset. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
2025-05-20 |
| Date answered: |
2025-06-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
The Government is aware of temporary changes to services at Yeovil District Hospital that have been made in response to several factors, including a recent Care Quality Commission inspection and not being able to currently meet staffing levels required to... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |